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Stepney 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
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| Total number of expectant mothers ante-natally examined and of cases post-natally examined during the year, under arrangements made by the Council with private medical practitioners, excluding cases included under 5 (a) (iii) | nil nil |
6. —Supply of Milk and Food.
(a) Arrangements made for this service :—
| Terms of Supply. | Milk. | Meals supplied at Dining Centres. | Other Food. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expectant mothers. | Nursing mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | Expectant mothers. | Nursing mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | Expectant mothers. | Nursing mothers. | Children under 5 years of age. | |
| Free, or at less than cost price, in necessitous cases. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| At cost price in other cases (e.g., sale of | Yes | Yes | Yes | No. | No. | No. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
(b) Total quantity of milk supplied
during the year to expectant and
nursing mothers and young
children :—
(i) By the Council
(ii) By Voluntary Associations operating
in the area of the Council
Totals
Liquid
Dried
Gallons
Pounds
Under
arrangement
approved in
accordance
with circular
1840
Otherwise
27,0875/8 9,380½
— 27,0875/8 9,380½
7.—Maternity Homes and Hospitals.
I.
| Separate maternity institutions provided by the Council. | Other institutions with maternity wards provided by the Council. | Institutions provided by Voluntary Associations and subsidised by the Council. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Institutions | |||
| Number of maternity beds (exclusive of isolation and labour beds) | - | - | The Council make a grant of £100 per annum to the East End Maternity Hospital for one bed. |
| (a) Normal complement before the emergency | nil | nil | 1 |
| (b) Complement at 31st December, 1939 | nil | nil | 1 |
| Total number of women admitted to these beds during the year.. | nil | nil | 23 |
| Number of beds (included in the figures above) allocated to, and reserved for, expectant mothers in need of hospital treatment | nil | nil | - |
| Total number of women admitted to these beds during the year. | - | - | - |